dem in English

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        {
          "ref": "2010, Plan B, Stay Too Long:",
          "text": "I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,\nCos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.",
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        "(clitic, suffix) A group of."
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"dem" meaning in English

Determiner

Pronoun